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Issue: Vol. 3238 No. 1: 19 Mar. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-03-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3238.1.6
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the final stadium larvae of Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896) from Taiwan, with a key to the known larvae of the genus (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, Hualien 97401, Taiwan
Division of Forest Protection, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, 53 Nan-hai Road 10016 Taipei, Taiwan
Ruiting Elementary school of New Taipei City, No.23, Sijiaotingpu Rd., Ruifang Dist., New Taipei City 224, Taiwan
Odonata Polycanthagyna ornithocephala description larvae Anisoptera Taiwan

Abstract

The final stadium larvae of Polycanthagyna ornithocephala is described and compared to those of its congeners occurringin Taiwan. A key is provided to identify the known larvae of three Polycanthagyna species. General habitus of adult and larva are also discussed.

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